Best Rene Descartes Sayings
- Human wisdom remains always one and the same although applied to the most diverse objects and it is no more changed by their diversity than… Always One
- If ... it is not in my power to arrive at the knowledge of any truth, I may at least do what is in my… Any
- Although my knowledge grows more and more, nevertheless I do not for that reason believe that it can ever be actually infinite, since it can… Any
- Neither the true nor the false roots are always real; sometimes they are imaginary; that is, while we can always imagine as many roots for… Always Imagine
- We call infinite that thing whose limits we have not perceived, and so by that word we do not signify what we understand about a… Call
- Truths are more likely to be discovered by one man than by a nation Discovered
- And thereby make ourselves, as it were, the lords and masters of nature. Humans
- The nature of matter, or body considered in general, consists not in its being something which is hard or heavy or coloured, or which affects… Affects
- ... regard this body as a machine which, having been made by the hand of God, is incomparably better ordered than any machine that can… Act
- I am thinking, therefore I exist. (...) I was a substance whose whole essence or nature is solely to think, and which does not require… Accordingly
- Hence reason also demands that, since our thoughts cannot all be true because we are not wholly perfect, what truth they do possess must inevitably… All
- Even those who have the weakest souls could acquire absolute mastery over all their passions if we employed sufficient ingenuity in training and guiding them. Absolute
- It is to the body alone that we should attribute everything that can be observed in us to oppose our reason. Alone
- Every man is indeed bound to do what he can to promote the good of others, and a man who is of no use to… Anyone
- And I shall always hold myself more obliged to those by whose favour I enjoy uninterrupted leisure than to any who might offer me the… Always Hold
- All is to be doubted. All
- But in my opinion, all things in nature occur mathematically. All
- Few look for truth; many prowl about for a reputation of profundity by arrogantly challenging whichever arguments are the best. Argument
- Intuition is the undoubting conception of a pure and attentive mind, which arises from the light of reason alone, and is more certain than deduction. Alone
- Science is practical philosophy. Inspirational
- It is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is to use it well. Ability
- The senses deceive from time to time, and it is prudent never to trust wholly those who have deceived us even once. Deceive
- Divide each difficulty into as many parts as is feasible and necessary to resolve it. Difficulty
- An optimist may see a light where there is none, but why must the pessimist always run to blow it out? Always Run
- You just keep pushing. You just keep pushing. I made every mistake that could be made. But I just kept pushing. Empowering
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